[Am-info] Be settles with Microsoft for $23.3 Million

[Mitch Stone]

Anyone else surprised by the size of this settlement -- as in, small?

On Saturday, September 6, 2003, at 03:34 AM, Mark Dodel wrote:

> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&ncid=528&e=1&u=/ 
> ap/20030906/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_settlement
>
> "Microsoft, Competitor Reach Settlement
> Fri Sep 5,11:35 PM ET
> 	
> By HELEN JUNG, AP Business Writer
>
> SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. agreed Friday to pay $23.3 million to Be  
> Inc. to
> settle an antitrust lawsuit that claimed the software giant negotiated
> deals with computer makers that cut out the smaller company's competing
> operating system. "
>
> Here's a big surprise " Microsoft admits no wrongdoing under the
> settlement. The company did not disclose further details."
>
>
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